USPS rant | First things first http://first-things-first.net/2007/11/07/usps-rant/ but not necessarily in that order Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:56:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 USPS rant | First things first http://first-things-first.net/2007/11/07/usps-rant/#comment-1327 Frank Tue, 13 Nov 2007 03:32:19 +0000 http://first-things-first.net/2007/11/07/usps-rant/#comment-1327 I feel your pain. I had to FedEx two documents to Guatemala during our adoption. The second document was one single page. Each cost $50.00 to send three hours in the air toward the south. They did arrive within 24 hours, so I guess I can understand the expense - but still! I feel your pain. I had to FedEx two documents to Guatemala during our adoption. The second document was one single page. Each cost $50.00 to send three hours in the air toward the south. They did arrive within 24 hours, so I guess I can understand the expense - but still!

]]> USPS rant | First things first http://first-things-first.net/2007/11/07/usps-rant/#comment-1223 Marsha Fri, 09 Nov 2007 01:25:16 +0000 http://first-things-first.net/2007/11/07/usps-rant/#comment-1223 <strong>Chris:</strong> Thanks for the heads-up on the five-pound price jump! - <strong>Imperatrix:</strong> The thought of using a fake address did occur to me, but then I got all nervous about the possibility that there would be some delivery problem and the package would be returned to the "sender." - <strong>Gina:</strong> Twenty-two bucks? Are you kidding? Wow. Were you trying to send the glasses via priority or express mail? There's no way that regular surface mail should cost that much. Ouch! Chris: Thanks for the heads-up on the five-pound price jump!
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Imperatrix: The thought of using a fake address did occur to me, but then I got all nervous about the possibility that there would be some delivery problem and the package would be returned to the “sender.”
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Gina: Twenty-two bucks? Are you kidding? Wow. Were you trying to send the glasses via priority or express mail? There’s no way that regular surface mail should cost that much. Ouch!

]]> USPS rant | First things first http://first-things-first.net/2007/11/07/usps-rant/#comment-1222 Marsha Fri, 09 Nov 2007 01:22:08 +0000 http://first-things-first.net/2007/11/07/usps-rant/#comment-1222 Hey folks, I'm sorry to say that I had a corrupt database file and had to restore my blog to the automatic backup it made two days ago. It did add yesterday's post back in, but the comments were lost. Fortunately, I get e-mail notification of all comments here, so I can put them back in (sort of). Here you go! - <strong>Chris said:</strong> Yeah, I had that discovery in September, when I was shipping some stuff to friends in the UK. No more surface mail. Well, pooey! The first chunk's expensive, and then things go to heck if you go over 5 lbs (as well as to a different customs form). - <strong>Imperatrix said:</strong> 'm just trying to imagine how much it cost our relatives to send us packages from Belgium during my youth! It's sad, but true: if you pay Walmart prices, you'll get Walmart quality. We've had cheap mail for years, and now it's catching up with us. Of course, anytime something is privatized, the price goes up, and with a decline in service, too! The things George Bush's wet dreams are made of. For SP, I just put in a fake address. How did the PO know which was my real one? - <strong>Gina said:</strong> bought the knitting-themed stamps. They're not bad. But I am majorly ticked at the USPS because of the rates and regulations for sending packages overseas. Remember the eyeglasses I ordered from Hong Kong? Ok well they sent me one pair in the wrong frames. And they are horribly wrong frames, if you get my drift. Think Buddy Holly and Elton John crossed. Ok? So they said "you can either pay $44 (half price) for another pair or send us those back and we'll make you the right pair." So I said I'd send them back. They replied, "We will credit you $8 for the international postage." OH MY DOG, insanely complicated and expensive, WAY more than $8. The package only weighed about 10 ounces and the cheapest I could send it was $21.95. I was ready to choke this down and do it. (Still better than $44, right?) but then there is customs paperwork in QUADRUPLICATE that I had to have attached to the package. And you can't give it to a mail carrier, and you can't put it in a dropbox. You have to bring it in person, which I just do not have time to do. Sigh. I just sent them another $44 to make the other pair.... Hey folks, I’m sorry to say that I had a corrupt database file and had to restore my blog to the automatic backup it made two days ago. It did add yesterday’s post back in, but the comments were lost. Fortunately, I get e-mail notification of all comments here, so I can put them back in (sort of). Here you go!
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Chris said:
Yeah, I had that discovery in September, when I was shipping some stuff to friends in the UK. No more surface mail. Well, pooey!

The first chunk’s expensive, and then things go to heck if you go over 5 lbs (as well as to a different customs form).
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Imperatrix said:
‘m just trying to imagine how much it cost our relatives to send us packages from Belgium during my youth! It’s sad, but true: if you pay Walmart prices, you’ll get Walmart quality. We’ve had cheap mail for years, and now it’s catching up with us. Of course, anytime something is privatized, the price goes up, and with a decline in service, too! The things George Bush’s wet dreams are made of.

For SP, I just put in a fake address. How did the PO know which was my real one?
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Gina said:
bought the knitting-themed stamps. They’re not bad. But I am majorly ticked at the USPS because of the rates and regulations for sending packages overseas. Remember the eyeglasses I ordered from Hong Kong? Ok well they sent me one pair in the wrong frames. And they are horribly wrong frames, if you get my drift. Think Buddy Holly and Elton John crossed. Ok?

So they said “you can either pay $44 (half price) for another pair or send us those back and we’ll make you the right pair.” So I said I’d send them back. They replied, “We will credit you $8 for the international postage.” OH MY DOG, insanely complicated and expensive, WAY more than $8.

The package only weighed about 10 ounces and the cheapest I could send it was $21.95. I was ready to choke this down and do it. (Still better than $44, right?) but then there is customs paperwork in QUADRUPLICATE that I had to have attached to the package. And you can’t give it to a mail carrier, and you can’t put it in a dropbox. You have to bring it in person, which I just do not have time to do.

Sigh. I just sent them another $44 to make the other pair….

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